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CHINESE MONEY.
LARGE COIN'S ARE NOT POPULAR
AMONG THE CELESTIALS
All Money In China Is “Cash” and the
Coins Are of Small Denominations,
•O That a Lot of Them Pays
Only a Small Hill.
I (i X rying ready coins China out money they large a think large transactions nothing pa t of of their with car
as as onr silver
quarters, and which are worth less
than one-tenth of a cent each.
It takes as much money as a man
can well carry to pay a bill of a
very few dollars, and a transaction of
Bo very great magnitude may easily
require These a cart-load of money.
coins are called * ‘cash. ”
They aro usually from seven-eights of
an inch to one inch in diameter, and
have a square hole in the centre, and
except when used m very small amounts
are carried on strings.
Though coins of this shape and gen
eral character have been in circulation
in China since the sixth century, B.
C., and during the larger part of that
time have been the only coins in cir
culetion, the “cash” now in use is
principally that coined during the
Cash, Emperor, Him Tsoo, 1644-1661. In¬
scription : Obverse, “Compliant Oov
ernmont, Current Money’’ (Chinese).
Reverse, “Fountain-Head of Currency”
(Mancha).
present—known as the Ta-Teing or
Manchu—dynasty, beginning with the
year 1016.
The coins are made of various alloys
of copper, zinc, lead and tin. The
authorized proportions previous to
1722 were copper 50, zinc 41 J, lead
6J, tin 2. After that timo the propor¬
tions were changed to equal parts cop¬
per and zinc, but they were not always
adhered to, especially at the provin¬
cial mints, a great deal of cash being
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Coin of King Wang of Tohou, 623 B. C. In
seriptlon, ing “Valuable Mix llwas”—lnvn be¬
a unit of money at that timo. Reverse
blank.
of much poorer quality, some contain¬
ing considerable iron.
'The cash was all cast, the moulds
being made to hold two rows of coins,
with a hollow running through the
centre, in which the metal was poured,
tho moulds sometimes holding fifty
coins.
The coins are very similar in appear
anee, having ir?^ the obverse, or fai^|
the name of thefierunL or
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ils, unTTnt money.” The name
of the Emperor of China—who is styled
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100 Cash, Emperor Wen Tsung, 1351-186'-’.
Inscription : “Prevailing Abundance. Cur¬
rent Money.”
“Son of Heaven”—is held too sacred
to be put in print, especially ou a coin
which passes through the hands and is
carried in the pockets of the common
people, and consequently a name is
given to the period of the Emperor’s
reign, called the “Nieu Hao,” and
this name is put on all the coins is¬
sued during that reign.
The reverses of the cash present a
number of varities tho most common
of which contain the name of the mint
of issue and the word “money,” in
Manchu characters; on others the
name of the mint is given in Cuineso
characters to the right, and same iu
Manchu characters to the left. Other s
have the name of the mint iu Chinese
characters only at the top, right or
left side, and a few have the value in
addition.
The insurrection which took place
about the beginning of the reign of
the Emperor Wen Tsung (1851-62)
caused a great drain on the Treasurv,
and, among the various schemes de
vised for the relief of the Government,
was the issue of coins of a larger de
nominations than the cash heretofore
in use, having " a nominal value much
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above their intrinsic worth. The
were of the nominal value of 5,10, 20,
50 , 100 , 200, 300, 400, 500 and
cash. They were not well received by
ihe people and very few were
of the values above 100 cash.
A new issue of coins, struck
dies—not cast, as heretofore—has re
cently appeared. This include* a
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of very much improved appearance,
and silver pieces of from five cents to
dollar size.
The names of the Nien Hao, or pe
riods of the reigns since the advent of
the Manchu dynasty, are: Heavenly
Mandate, 1016; Heavenly Intelligence,
Eminent Virtue, 1030; Com
pliant Government, 1644; Peaceful
Luster, 1002; Agreeable Rectitude,
1723; Celestial Support, 1736; In
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scrirition: Obverse. “Peaceful Luster.
Current Money” (Chinese) Reverse.
name of the mint at Ta-t’uag, in Sbause
Province, in Chinese, and th e same in
Mancha.
creasing Felicitv, 1790; Luster of
Reason, 1821; Prevailing Abundance,
185] ; United Government, 1862, and
Bright Beginning, 1875.—Xew York
World,
Brazil’s New President,
President Moraes, of Brazil, has en¬
tered upon his duties without riot or
tumult and amid general public re*
joicing. President Peixoto, to whom,
according to the New York Sun, great
credit is due from his countrymen and
from all supporters of republican
principles, retires from the Presidency
with the distinction of having ruled
ms country Kucci -Slimy through a
|)« iio(| bill of peril to tree institutions
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PRESIDENT MORAES.
the republic. He subdued a danger¬
ous rebellion and restored order with¬
out the exercise of that severity which
is a frequent and deplorable feature of
South American conflicts. It is true
that disturbances continue in South¬
ern Brazil, but those border troubles
will no doubt be suppressed in time.
The new President is said to be ac¬
ceptable to all factions, and it is to be
hoped that his accession will inaugu¬
rate an era of prolonged peace and
prosperity for the great South Ameri¬
can Republic, which since its dawn of
freedom lias shown consistent and ex¬
ceptional friendship for the United
States.
A Remarkable Woman.
Countess Tolstoi, wife of the great
Russian reformer, is a remarkable
woman, w ho receiv ed a di nlnma Hyyj
tfie MoB(7ow U a\ ver^i&y-'at the age of
seventeen, was married when she was
eighteen, and her husband twenty
years older, and is now, after thirty
one years of married life, the mother
of nine children, and her husband’s
potent aid in his literary labors. Un¬
til her children are ten years old slrn
makes all their cdothes. She copii •
and recopies her husband’s maun
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script, a task tho difficulty of which is
increased by the self-invented short
hand in which Count Tolstoi sets down
his composition.
Gladstone's Library Hotel.
As might have been expected, Mr.
Gladstone’s hotel-keeping has proved
ver v successful. He first of all
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equipped a library of 25,000 volumes,
then last month opened a hostel
hard by for the use of readers and
students, who are charged $6.25 a
Wt ?<?k for board, lodging and the use
library. Apart from the attrac
tions of its nearness to Ha warden, it
is within of the Welsh Hills,
good walks abound, and golf can be
had within easy reach. It is not to be
wondered at that the applications for
rooms have exceeded the supply.
I | What an example to other owners of
libraries ! Instead of allowing books
! to collect the dust on the shelves until
| some spendthrift volumes heir is short of
money, when the may go in
! f all directions, here is a means by
which the books are assured of good
! and useful employment, and poor stu
dents enabled to consult them at a
| minimum cost. Bibliophiles are gen
: erally selfish. How delightful to find
an exception.—New York Churchman.
I n addition to the salary of $8000 a
year all French Ambassadors receive
1 large sums for official expenses. The
amounts run as follows: ihe Ambas
sador at )) ashingfton, $10,0)9 ; Mad
drid, 000; Berlin, $16,000; $20,000; Constantinople, 5 $zo,- 318,
lenna,
000; London, $32,000, and St. Peters
burg, $34,000 a year.
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MA.JOB-GENEBAL NELSON A. MILES.
The New Commander of the Department of the East, with headquarters at
Governor’s Island, New York.
General Nelson A. Miles.
General Nelson A. Miles is remark
able for three things, says the New
York World. He has had extraordi- j
nary success as an Indian fighter. He
took command at Chicago during
the railroad riots of last summer and
summarily suppressed the “Debs re
bellion.” But the most extraordinary
thing about him, in the minds of
military men, is that he should have
risen to high command in the army
as at present constituted without
being a graduate of West Point.
When he took command of the
Military Department of the East,
with headquarters on Governor’s Isl
and, he entered upon the duties of an |
office which has nearly always been
filled by graduates of this noted mili
tiiry school. All of the Generals on
both sides who rose to supreme dis
tiuction during the Civil War were
graduates of West Point. Then was
the time for volunteer soldiers to rise
to the top, but they did not do so.
After the restoration of peace it was
not supposed that anybody but West
Pointers would stand much chance of
rising to high command. With the
army on a peace footing, promotion
would take its regular course and
officers would have little or no chance
to distinguish themselves in active
service.
'But here is an officer whose greatest
success have been achieved since the
war, and who did not receive the bene¬
fit of the severe military training with
which the United States Government
prepares its officers for the army.
People occasionally hear about the
“West Point ring,” which is $aid to
control the army. There is supposed
to be a prejudice in army circles
against any man who has not gone
through the regular course at the
West Point Academy. Difficulties are
believed to be thrown in the way of
advancement of volunteer soldiers, and
the West Pointers are by many thought
to keep the good thi ngs^ mg Hess
selves.
But the career of General Miles does
not show this to be so. With many
of the qualities of a great commander
he has risen to the top by natural
force of character, and if he had grad¬
uated from West Point instead of go¬
ing into the service as a volunteer
soldier he would perhaps be no higher
than he is at present.
It will be nine years now before
General Miles will be placed upon the
retired list. Within the next year he
will have become the senior officer of
the army, with headquarters in Wash¬
ington, occupying at the age of fifty
seven the exalted position held by
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan as
Commander of the Army of the
United States.
A companion in arms writing of
General Miles says:
“General Miles is in stature slightly
above the average height, well pro¬
portioned, broad-chested, deep-lunged
and straight as an arrow. His sen¬
tences are clear-cut and pertinent. He
has the faculty of being able to say the
right thing in the right way. His
memory is remarkably retentive of
what he sees in the line of his experi¬
ence, and he is always ready with
some apt illustration to fit the subject
under discussion. His most marked
intellectual . , „ x , characteristics , .... doubtless , , ,,
are his common sense and his abso
lute self-reliance.
General Miles was married in 1868
to Miss Mary Sherman, of Cleveland,
Ohio, daughter of the late Judge Sher¬
man and a niece of Senator John Sher
man.
A Girl Pilot.
Miss Elizabeth Polhemus, of San
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Diego, Cal., a twenty-year-old lass,
wishing to earn her own living, and
baving a fondness for the sea, has been
qualifying herself as a pilot for ocean
vessels entering San Diego Harbor.
In a few months, says the New York
Times, she expects to pass the exam¬
ination required by the State Board of
Pilot Commissioueis and receive her
certificate as a first class pilot. Miss
Polhemus is the only woman in the
country, so old sea captains say, who
now attempts to guide great ships into
a harbor. O: course, until she re
ceives a pilot’s certificate, Miss Pol
hemus guides the vessels tinder the
eye of a veteran pilot, who stands be
side her on the quarter deck. This,
however, is a matter of form, as in
surance companies demand a certified
pilot, and the old pilot accompanies
the girl simply to comply with the
rules. So thorough is the young wo
man’s knowledge of handling a ship,
anc l of the reefs, shoals, currents and
air-currents of San Diego Harbor,
that the old pilots who have instructed
her in this difficult work seldom have
a word to say in criticism of her man
agement, Rnd for six months it has
n °t been necessary to change one of
Her orders when bringing a ship into
port.
When Miss Polhemus gets her pilot’s
certificate her fees for bringing in a
vessel will be $5 per foot on the
draught of a vessel and four cents per
ton. A three-thousand-ton ship, draw
ing twenty feet, would pay the pilot
3-20. The pilots have a lookout sta
tion on Point Loma, and, unless a
vessel is expected during the night,
their trim schooners can lie in their
berths inside the point, avd put to sea
only when a vessel is sighted. It is
not necessary for them to cruise up
and down the coast, as do the New
York pilots,
A Poison Signal.
A novel and simple device for the
prevention of accidental poisoning is
shown herewith, and it appears to
very effectively answer the purpose
for which it is intended.
It consists, as w r ill be seen by the
accompanying illustration, of a bell so
fastened to a capped cork that, it is
claimed, the bottle cannot be taken
up, much les3 the cork removed, with¬
out producii^ Q a tinkle, just loud
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enough to warn the nurse, but not
loud enough to disturb the patient.
Obviously such a signal would be as
effectual in the dark as in the daylight.
A cord is attached to the bell with
which it is tied to'the neck of the bot
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Those who know how many lives
are lost yearly through accidental
poisoning will appreciate the value of
this safeguard. It has been submit
ted, we are informed, to most of the
coroners in the country, and many of
them besides expressing the fullest
approval of it to the patentee, have
publicly recommended its use.
Measuring Earthquake Shocks.
Tho seismograph is an instrument
constructed for measuring the shocks
of the earthquake. According to an
emiaent authority, the following is
method of operation of this in¬
genious device: The seismograph is
so arranged as to take an instantane¬
ous photograph of the face of a chro¬
nometer at the instant of the shock.
An adjustment of levers, batteries,
and magnets is thrown into gear by
the shock, so that an incandescent
electric lamp is lighted automatically
for about one-fourth of a second while
the image of the clock is established
upon tho photographic plate.—New
York Dispatch.
Coloring Leather by Eiecirieity.
In a new process for coloring leather
by electrical action the hide is
stretched upon a metallic table and
covered, except at the edges, with the
coloring liquid. A difference of po
tential is established between the
liquid and the metallic table. The ef
I ec f of the electric current is to cause
pores of the skin to open, whereby
coloring is enabled to penetrate
deeply into its tissue.—Atlanta Con¬
stitution.
It is reported that the tine docks
opened at Suez twenty-five years ago,
before the Suez Canal became avail
able, have fallen into a sad state of
disrepair. The quays are tumbling to
pieces and the basins slowly filling up
by the sand discharged from the
canal. The docks co-.t $5,099,099 and
still have a certain utility if kept in
fair condition,
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DRESS THEIR TOTS IN STYLE.
Inexpensive Rut Effective Dresses—
Reproducing the Latest De¬
signs at Home—The Most
Suitable Material,
s KILLED signers energies have to artists and devoted combined and styles clever the their past pic¬ de¬
summer new and
turesque fancies for the benefit of the
younger generation. In consequence
bright eyes and rosy cheeks are shown
off to perfection, and the babies look
as though they had just stepped out
of some beautiful far-away world,
where they and their belongings were
the only objects of any importance.
Few of these lovely little wraps, bon¬
nets or gowns are made with the
slightest thought of economy. Rich
silks, velvets, furs and real lace are
prominent features, and when the
mother’s love and poeketbook are not
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on good terms she will have to exer¬
cise all her love and patience, and,
with less expensive but not necessarily
less effective materials, copy the small
garments displayed for her inspection.
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From birth to two years of age
white lawns, dimities, nainsooks and
cambrics are used almost exclusively,
although after eighteen months very
light-colored ginghams, daintily
striped flannels and henriettas are
quite frequently worn. White guimpes
are made of tucked, feather-stitched
or lace-striped nainsook, and even for
delicate children are sufficiently warm
if all-wool undergarments are used.
Every mother should understand the
importance, even necessity, of cloth¬
ing her little ones, as well as herself,
in pure wool underwear. At two
years of age the skirts begin to
shorten, having up to this time
reached to the instep, or barely es¬
caped the ground. At three they
reach quite up to the knees, where
they remain until the prospective
woman has reached the mature age of
nine; then they are lengthened an
inch or so for each year until, at
about fifteen, they are down to the
boot tops.
The very fashionable “touch of
black” is given to many of the tiny
dresses, while others are of bright
colors only. All should be made so
that they can be worn with a guitnpe.
When this is done the appearance of
the gown may be so altered that it
feems like quite another dress.
Many mothers adopt the very
charming but equally expensive fash¬
ion of gowning their little daughters
in white until they are five or six
years old; but such a course is not al
ways satisfactory, as it necessitates
many changes and an almost endless
amount of washing.
Little maids are almost lost in a
bonnet which is the counterpart of
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those our great-grandmothers smiled
and blushed in when our great-grand
fathers were courting them. The
one I saw was made of rather dark
green bengaline, showing unusually
heavy cords, with a finely shirred
lining of palest pink ehiua silk. The
only outside decorations were the
ttfff upright bows of dark green cord-
ed ribbon. Sweet? I should think
so, and lots of other people were of
the same opinion.
The design shown in the first illus¬
tration is very, very large—when the
tiny head inside is taken into consid
©ration. The material is palest blue
and white corded bengaline, with the
upper part of the crown all puffed and
pleated and gathered until it is a pier
feet marvel. Just in front is a pier
feet wilderness of pale blue ribbon
bows, while all around the edge is a
band of dainty amarabout fur. The
full cape keeps every breath of air
away from the delicate little throat
and gives besides a very piicturesque
effect.
The small gentleman of one year
old wears for every day such a dear
little gown of white mull, or, rather;
India linen. Of course, he must have
a manish little “turn-down collar,”
but all gentlemanly severity is taken
away by the dainty frill of lace which
runs along the edge. The yoke is
square, with alternating bands of lace
insertion and very small tucks. The
skirt hangs from this straight and full
to the instepi, where the only decora¬
tion is made by the wide hem, dain¬
tily stitched by hand. Another wears
a gown which is “especially pretty”
for dressy occasions. On this collar,
besides the frill of lace, is a band of
fine lace insertion, to the edge of
which the lace ruffle is carefully
stitched. The yoke is slightly puffed,
with a “heading” of the lace inser¬
tion. The skirt has two clusters of
tucks—two in each—and rather a deep
hem. Should a more elaborate effect
be desired, insertion may be very ef¬
fectively pilaced between the tucks, or
more and finer tucks be made.
For a girl of five a dear little gown
is shown in the second cut. India
linen is the material employed, and
the design is most simple. Merely a
round yoke of alternating bands of
narrow tucks and lace insertion,
bordered with a full ruffle of mull em¬
broidery. The other ruffles are only
sleeve caps, and should be sewed iu
with the sleeve. The skirt is straight
and full, with bands of lace insertion
placed between the clusters of tucks.
This is one of the prettiest and
daintiest dresses I lmvo seen, and
would make up especially pretty in
China silk, with ruffles of lace.
The third gown is extremely pretty
and the design is altogether new and
odd. The dress is made with a per¬
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1 are slightly puffed and joined by lace
insertion, which edges them corn
pletely around, and which is in turn
bordered by a frill of lace. The
straight skirt has a band of insertion
just above the hem, and above this
four dainty tucks.
The last drawing shows what my
lady wears when she goes oat for a
walk. The model—au imported coat
—was of white bengaline, with trim
mings of ermine, and linings of white
China silks. In front it is shirred
across the “double breast” in order
to give the requisite fullness. The
arrangement over the shoulders acted
at once as collar, cave and epaulettes,
the back falling in stiff pleats. Under
'this and coming from the neck w’as a
’ lar &' e Watteau pleat, which gave the
'requisite fullness to the back. The
cap was, however, the cutest thing—
of white bengaline to match the wrap
and trimmed with stiff upright bows
of white satin ribbon and funny little
ermine tails. A band of this beauti¬
ful fur bordered the cap, and just a
trifiie to one side was an ermine head.
The whole outfit was the prettiest
thing imaginable, and the pattern isa
lovely one to develop in broadcloth.
In this case get the color known aa
“mode,” and make with velvet cape of
the same color, trimmed with narrow
bands of otter, and lined with pale
pink satiD. The cloth could not, of
course, be shirred in front, so the
wrap would be simply double-breasted
and fastened with pear! buttons.—
Washington Star.
IT PAYS.
Among the solid rock-ribbed truths,
Of which there are a few *
Within this world of sham and fraud
(Of course, we don’t mean you,)
Is this one, known to every one,
Whose friends esteem him wise,
That, if you are a business man,
It pays to advertise.
What sense is there In keeping shop
With all your curtains down?
It pays to dress your windows up,
And paralyze the town.
It pays to have a great big sign
To dazzle people’s eyes.
And better still—don’t miss this fact—*
It pays to advertise.
Se. if you would be prosperous,
And rest in your old age,
Seek newspaper publicity.
A column or a page
Will bring its cost back ten times o’er,
Perhaps to your surprise,
And ever afterward you’ll say
It pays to advertise.
—Somerville (Mass.) Jour^g^
PITH AND POINT. k
Many a man’s greatness is all in
his I.—Puck.
Chance is the factor to which other
men owe their success.
The weight of a dollar will bend
many a conscience.—Puck.
“Do you believe in dreams?”
“Yes—if they come true.”—Truth.
Life is a grind ;
Work is a flunk.
You think, think, think.
And you got nothing thiinfr,
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“Is he a criminal lawyer?” “Not
quite; he stops just short of if.”—
Judge.
Most chickens have no hereafter,
because they have their necks twirled
in this.—Life.
A man is known by the company ho
keeps; a chef by the sauces and soups
he makes. —Truth.
When a man has money to burn, ho
invariably allows it to burn a hole in
his packet. —Puck.
Ere long the great balloon sleeves
will burst, and then fashion will offer
a style that is far prettier.—Truth.
When a man marries a second timo
ho always makes an excuse of somo
kind to his friends.—Atchison Globe.
One by ouc, like fleeting dreams,
His fondest hopes took wing.
Site did not keep the tryst, alas!
Sho did the diamond riug.
—Puck.
There is a great deal to bo had in
this world by making yourself dis¬
agreeable, if you do it judiciously.—
Pack.
A prophet never forgets his predic¬
tions if they come true ; and if they
don’t, his friends won’t let him forget
them.
Tis strangely appropriate that
when a Miss becomes a Mrs., it is
merely a question of changing is
to r.—Life.
I prythee, dentist, soon commence
To do what I shall bag.
This tooth pull out with violence
But gently pull my log.
“Judge,
Cupid never grows old, which is
fortunate, considering th‘ limited .1 ‘
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Union Gazette.
The man whose hat was knocked off
by a drooping telegraph wire said it
w r as a very catching headline.—■
Printer’s Ink.
The man who begins at the bottom
of the ladder often finds himself
merely a wedge to steady it, while tho
other men mount over him. — Puck.
’Tis reason gives a man the light
That he may find out what Is right;
But instinct is the woman’s lot—
Tells her she’s right if so or not.
—Judge.
Sailor (defiantly) —“It will tako
more than you to hold me, I’ll tell
you.” Cannibal (significantly) — “Oh,
I shall invite a few friends.”—Detroit
Tribune.
Little Girl—“Did you ever dream
of being in heaven?” Little Boy—■
“No, not exactly; but I dreamed
once that I was right in the middle of
a big apple dumpling.”—Good News,
Miss DeBelle (who likes him) —
“Hasn’t Mr. Jumley got a splendid
head of hair?” Miss DeMille (who
doesn’t)—“Yes; but doesn’t lie need a
hair-cut awfully?”—Boston News.
In a war of words wa were sura to fiai
Her a victor, and all wars afraid ;
For her soldiery alined their shafts from be¬
hind
Quite the loveliest ambuscade.
—Puck*.
“What perfectly lovely gold hair¬
pins! Where did you get them?”
Madge—“Well, no matter, for they’re
not worth anything. I can neither
button my shoes nor shake down tho
grate with them.”—Chicago Record.
They wonder that her brother isn’t fouler of
tho maid.
And if she wore his sister, how they'd lova
her ! oft they say ;
But he doubts it, for if, like him, at her
home all day they stayed, in¬
They would listen to her practicing,
stead of hear her play!
—Pack.
Bicycles m the Army,
In his just published reports,
General McCook revives the question
bicycles for army use. He declares
that for scouting, signalling and mes
Ba S e carrying, the bicycle is a far
better mount than a horse. It is
noiseless, it needs no food or water,
and little care > lt caa 8 et over tVl ’ ic e as
much ground as a horse on the average
under favorable conditions, an 1 quite
as muc b under adverse conditions.
The United States authorities have
been slow to recognize the value of
"bat has for some time been a highly
thought of adjunct of European
armies. General McCook proposes
that bicycles should be provided at
least for the sergeants of the signal
corps.—New Orleans Picayune,
Costly and Deafly Torpedoes,
Whitehead . torpedoes cost $2590 each
^ nen fully loaded.. An “unloaded”
?, fne ne -!J Britisn 8e . ! or l >r ^ c got ^ c mg beyond purposes control by
navy
\ Q , e .channel against the recently. shot into It
uasne “ roexs, up
iae a ^ r and burs: is it struck the
?^ oun “- Some o l the fragments were
b,own iO a distance of 500 yards, and
aoise ; was heard for miles. People
“ rtf wondering.wnat the would instrument have hap
pence, it ay- had
been loaded. —Chicago Heraid.